The “No Child Left Behind” Act of 2001 requires that states set definitions of student proficiency in reading and mathematics achievement. Under the law, states must begin assessing student ...
Released in August, the U.S. Department of Education study mapping state proficiency standards onto the National Assessment of Educational Progress scales produced a remarkable statement from Joanne ...
California education officials Wednesday decided to maintain rigorous proficiency standards for students despite projections that nearly all schools will fail to meet them by a federal deadline of ...
When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. What they didn’t expect was ...
The nation’s new education law that promises to “leave no child behind” may force California and several other states to lower their academic standards for public schools or risk billions in federal ...
Letter to the editor: Maine Department of Education should seize opportunity to define ‘proficiency’
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The vast majority of states have adopted Common Core academic standards, but individual states are still setting different definitions of “proficient” on annual math and reading tests, according to a ...
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